Lee Ritenour & Dave Grusin Quartet - Live in Concert 2018 || HD || Full Set

[@paulmcgrath2430]

Better than any medicine you could take! My soul flys high listening to these GR8 musicians. Just so much in tune with each other 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@james540086]

Dave Grusin at 85 years old , and still brilliant ..

[@noel101082]

GOOOOONIES

[@NelsonRiverosMusic]

Good Lord!!

[@japrietoj]

Amazing...crystal clear playing and expression

[@StripeRich]

There's still hope for me at 80?

[@Mm-ym3se]

Dave Grusin a master.. hope you see his younger days with GRP.

[@leonardsahn6247]

Saw this same group last night at Jazz Alley in Seattle. So wonderful. What a privilege to be there. Grusin now 88. Great uplifting experience. Such virtuosity! And they were all obviously having so much fun

[@beverleydemeyer1617]

Brilliant musicians. These guys make life worth living. Uplift the spirit after really testing times. Thank you and 'NEVER SAY DIE'

[@bruin4937]

So, cool. I had heard that Wes had joined his dad's tour, but this is the first time I've heard him play, and he sounds great! Great time, dynamics, very clean, very nice playing style. I've been a fan of Lee's and Dave's since their Roxy, Golden Bear, Baked Potato, etc. days. Amazing musicians, composers, arrangers, and is Melvin a bass god or what? An honor and privilege to hear this level of musicianship from these guys.

[@funklover24]

Sorry, Wes is overplaying and the groove gets lost quite often.

[@azman.s]

Fabulous jazz fusion maestro of all time. Greetings from Jazzman Kuala Lumpur.

[@vonettamedlock5146]

I just saw Mr. Ritenour live here in Missouri this past Saturday along with my 12-year-old daughter. She is still talking about it.

[@brettgroh1112]

How wonderful it must be for a father and son to play this level of music so beautifully together...must be very spiritually/emotionally profound.

[@michaelmcfadden6651]

That drum solo was art, man!!! Beautiful.

[@GENDEMA]

This music lights up my life. Incredible performance. Amazing musicians. Sometimes I think how lucky I am to have been born at the right time to enjoy them. Long live music.

[@gust5992]

It’s true what they say,.......playing music keeps you young. Dave Grusin and Lee Ritenour,......Legends!

[@davidpeck1623]

Still Amazing, Watched these great musicians play at The Baked Potato in Studio City on Tuesdays back in the early seventies,

[@didyariady63]

Lee Ritenour.. when I have your album since 1988..more than 34 years ago ..when I studied in South Jakarta (Academy Of Nutrition)

[@kathycarey9927]

One of my most favorite songs. Music sets my soul afire.

[@martin36959]

Music makes us feel alive and unites us all across all borders.

[@kathycarey9927]

I love all genres of music. I am somewhat of a musician myself.

[@martin36959]

@@kathycarey9927 Being open for music across all genres is what I love. We gotta open our hearts for the blessing of music. You're doing the right thing and whatever music it is if it touches your or my heart it is the real thing. I'm looking forward to the upcoming concert of John McLaughlin and 4th Dimension and Alan Parson at Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, July 11th 22. Greets and be well Kathy.

[@martin36959]

I can't get enough of great music like this.

[@kamel-i5w]

Le talent sans la frime, merci messieurs.......

[@raysherlock6023]

Fantastic music and performance. Dave Grusin looking and sounding very well indeed!

[@romanchekrygin5015]

Мelvin Lee Davis is a good partner for Lee Ritenour. I wish good luck them!

[@bebob9202]

The Greats, Ritenour and Grusin! Thank you for years of great music!!! More power to you!

[@cianofranc]

0:00:38 - The village 0:06:38 - Gabriela (Tom Jobim) 0:18:00 - Wes Bound 0:57:50 - Night Rithms 1:05:15 - Lay It Down

[@fernandespes]

0:006:38 it is Gabriela, Tom Jobim! See in 34:10 kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5LHgIWHmdGVb80

[@BadSneakers]

It’s Stone Flower not Gabriela. Santana also covered it

[@paolospadaro]

@@BadSneakers right!!!!

[@msantann]

0:31:26 - Stolen Moments (Oliver Nelson)

[@ΠαναγιώτηςΑμπατζής-γ4δ]

Gout, mornik, to, lee, a, tou, groups, tou, plaeinik, zmouth😊, tzaz, vere, mpoiutyfoull, ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@iengineer_247]

These are my favorite Musicians!!!!!

[@jazzaman147]

you get dave grusin lee ritenour and melvin davis together then you got one hell of a jam session going on thanks for the upload been listening to the guys for years

[@opamuller626]

Amazing performance! Bravo!

[@guitargod6997]

Wonderful music from these magicians! Credit to Wes and Melvin for that rhythmic foundation.

[@dennylibertario2246]

I still don't know how these guys remember what to play ....not just keeping one track from another .....but the intricate passages involving melody voicing but then the solo interludes, fills and vamping.....it has got to boggle the old memory and require a lot of mental strength, let alone the physical dexterity associated with musicians in their 60's thru 80's where arthritis and other infirmities are kicking in big time. Kudos to Mr. Lee and Mr. Dave for their continuing proficiency at a delicate stage of life.

[@noel101082]

am loving how open the sound is here. its been so long since i've heard something with so little mix bus compression,

[@effyiew7318]

geek

[@jazmanjef]

Wow. Wesley is just like his dad. And Dave? What a testament to music's influence on cognitive longevity----he is as sharp as he ever was.

[@hajikiya]

Wes Ritenour !? He became grown up unnoticed !!

[@thatebutuoyguy788]

Or we got old without noticing. It's a beautiful tragedy all the same.

[@earlgoodman8674]

Saw Dave and Lee on the 2019 Smooth Jazz Cruise with Wes. They were still awesome!

[@paddyconnolly5116]

GRUSIN IS THE BOSS

[@robertobilbao4414]

Dave Grusin 👌👌👍

[@IkanGelamaKuning]

Lee's son on board a a drummer. Great new generation

[@gohuskies583]

True but he has a lot to learn.

[@funklover24]

@@gohuskies583 That's what I think, too. Listening to the first track "The Village" from the album "Rhythm Sessions" with Dave Weckl drumming on the studio-version, I think Wes is just playing too complicated and trying to show plenties of complicated details, but he is overplaying and the groove is missing. Dave Weckl plays more simple, but the groove is there always. Dave is the master and Wes might leave his ego behind. Since it's a shuffle, my thoughts go back to Jeff Porcaro. Probably Wes could learn a lot from Jeff's philosophy. Wes CAN groove, but when he overplays, the groove gets lost. I heard Lee Ritenour live with drummers as Alex Acuna and Will Kennedy and enjoyed their drumming sooooooo much ... they always served the band wonderful.

[@DAHW7584]

Father and son👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@davidbhopkins5616]

Mestres one and all....Wes seems to have a feel for pop's rythm...magic

[@clydebermingham121]

Dip ... I’m a GRP big ole over grown kid & I don’t wanna grow up grow up ....Boyeee.... Does lil Wes really know how lucky , or rather fortunate he really is , in my humble opinion ? 🤗 A Wonderful ‘GRP Brat’ ? 🤗🙏🏽👍🏽 I would’ve just imagine what an album by Wes Ritenour would’ve been like ... right on his Uncle Dave G’ label (in association with Pop’s CAPTAIN FINGER’S PRODUCTION oversight of course 🤗🙏🏽👍🏽) “This is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased.... Hear him .... and be blessed .... please?” 🤗🙏🏽👍🏽❤️

[@rudimoesbauer1638]

Let's just hope for Lee to stick around a bit longer. He's a great person and musician...but...hopefully his son can follow in his footsteps once the maestro is not among us any longer...to carry on with the great tradition of Lee's sound!

[@SuperQdaddy]

yeah..keep going boyz..tight drumming

[@AustinRogers1]

Wes is a fine percussionist.

[@vkavcic6]

ufffffffffffff,super nice...............

[@voicetube]

At around the 13:00 Mark = reminds me of the theme song to the great TV show "I dream of Jeannie"

[@xicomarquesmusico]

No comments....all wonderful

[@clydebermingham121]

Man .... How time flies 🤗🙏🏽🤗... “When ... this young Man was born ...” Hahahaha 🤗🙏🏽👍🏽 Man ... the wonder of life 🙏🏽🤗🙏🏽👍🏽

[@SIGERproductions_02]

Amazing music

[@gohuskies583]

Melvin! Great Al Jarreau impression!

[@julieandrews7558]

Thank you for posting :)

[@АлександрТерехов-к2ь]

Bravo!!!

[@ЛеваЗадов-д9ц]

Hyvää musiikkia ! ! !

[@BerreBar]

Melvin doing his Al Jarreau @ 41 min impression...fabulous!

[@torretennine8080]

amazing ...... great version of random hearth, 00:46:45

[@rudimoesbauer1638]

Now how symbolic is that...a concert in the Ukraine...DON'T LOSE HOPE, UKRAINE!

[@clydebermingham121]

Wow .... Man ... it’s cool to see Lee’s son part of the band .... (I wonder if Dave Grusin had a son or daughter 🤗) Lee’s son, Wes is pretty good too .... A Musical ‘Military Brat’ , so to say 🤗lol😆.... Pop’s been to the musical ‘battle field’ back and forth ... Now got a wonderful offspring carrying on the ‘battle’ 🤗... Slaying all mayhem with groovy sounds of music ... Nice Legacy (Plus I imagine Wes might have had opportunity to review and study all kinds of the greatest drummers that ever played & recorded with Pops 🤗) It’s a Wonderful Human Interest just to see that , let alone enjoy the nice sounds 🤗👍🏽🙏🏽

[@johnmaer]

Ugh, you're obviously not old enough to appreciate what's going on....very customary for musicians to open the door, set the table, and stick a golden/silver fork into the mouth of one of their offspring. What it does however is to deprive the audience to the treat of their more experienced, entertaining sidemen that have accompanied the artists over the years. I don't think we've reached the point in supply where we are short of percussionists who are willing to play for Lee, Dave & Melvin. Lee has had a bevy of very fine drummers, and frankly, those guys seemed to be in better synch with the bass player.

[@funklover24]

@@johnmaer True! Exactly my impression from a gig with this line-up in a different venue. I remember hearing Lee live with Will Kennedy, Alex Acuna and Sony Emory - wonderful drummers. Lee seems less inspired here.

[@clydebermingham121]

Hahahaha 😆🤗... Mel D. Got me rolling laughing 🤗... HE so AMUSINGLY AMAZINGLY talented 😆🤗🙏🏽👍🏽 Luv that Bubba 😆🤗👍🏽🙏🏽👍🏽❤️🙏🏽👍🏽

[@236W4thAve]

Wow...how cool. Like who knew? Lee has a guitar that matches his shirt...exactly!

[@MrViglioni]

O FILHO DO LEE ..............MUITO BOM BATERA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@beverleydemeyer1617]

I can't understand the language but but can only be good :)

[@MrViglioni]

@@beverleydemeyer1617 THE SON OF LEE .............. VERY GOOD BATERA !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@thiagomanobatera]

@@MrViglioni Carlos eu só sei que quem faz falta mesmo é o Carlos Vega!!! Carlos Vega ,Jeff Porcaro e Mike Porcaro no meu coração !!!

[@clydebermingham121]

Dip 🤗! Mel D is filling space nicely as a secondary Guitarist pretty well at times , as long as ‘holding down ‘ the bottom edge as well at the same time 🤗👍🏽

[@bigal05171957]

LEGENDS 🎸🎵🥁

[@JJDPROMEDIAPRODUCTION]

Wes is nice!!

[@danielgodoy3847]

Suena excelente! Tom kennedy & Melvin lee Davis , algo juntos en algún momento?

[@Παναγιώτης-ο1ι]

O,maestros,lee,wouith,his,groups,plaenik,mpioudyfoul,sonks,❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@chrisnation49]

Interesting how kids of great instrumentalists become drummers. Here we have Wes Ritt. Thelonius Monk's son. Ry Cooder's son. Ringo's boy, Zak Starkey, of course, given his first kit by Keith Moon. Must be more. Over to you ...

[@clydebermingham121]

I still remember when Wes was just the little bubba standing next to his pop on the album cover for one of Lee’s past album .... (I think the one he covered some Bob Marley stuff on 🤗)

[@thatebutuoyguy788]

I like his Jobim covers better. Both are classic Ritenour, however.

[@clydebermingham121]

That Ebutuoy Guy ... NICE 👍🏽...,And it’s so nice to hear it with his own flesh in blood (Lee’s) Playing & Jamming Along ... supporting his Pop so ‘s’well’ & affectively 🤗🙏🏽👍🏽

[@robertosozio3425]

Great Band fantastic

[@johnmaer]

So you get a 6-string bass, foot pedal and an amp/speakers that cover a broader audio/sonic spectrum and your convert from "just" a bass player to a lead bass player, synthesizer emulator, and distortion lead guitar or DX7 player.....wow. I used to admire good bass players.....he just raised the bar.

[@snorhyveln]

What bass does He use? Special... something

[@ppj178]

@@snorhyveln ken smith MLD7

[@donnyjulius2653]

It's Melvin Lee Davis, you can't expect anything below amazing lol

[@Wally-H]

Melvin has recorded with the likes of George Benson, the Pointer Sisters and Gladys Knight. According to Wikipedia, he also co-wrote the theme to Soul Train. He is a highly regarded musician in his own right - perhaps this should be called the Lee Ritenour, Dave Grusin and Melvin Lee-Davis Quartet!

[@harmonica212]

Does anyone know the song list?" This a great concert. :-)"

[@pblnlpalu]

Thank you for .this concert, was this ON TV?

[@rajkumarrajamani4811]

please provide details when and where was this show !

[@rainman4684]

"Leopolis Jazzfest", Lviv, Ukraine. June, 28th 2018

[@rajkumarrajamani4811]

@@rainman4684 - thank you

[@mesri3]

song list please ...

[@norbert207]

einfach "wauw"! :-)

[@clydebermingham121]

Allz I always wanted to be was a GRP Recording (&/or Recorded) Artist 🙏🏽.... That’s all I ever wanted out of life ..🙏🏽. (Among other bare necessities & essentials I guess ...etc...like freedom to be able to prays the GOOD LORD UP YONDA & ABOVE for every good & Perfect Gift along the process 🤗🙏🏽 .... Just as along as I wouldn’t need to lose my soul in the process ...,than it’s all be cool 😎 to me 🤗🙏🏽👍🏽) ;And I’m still just an overgrown big ole big kid I guess to big to be a beneficial of the MAKE A WISH Foundation .... I guess If I could be made much younger & physically dying maybe I could possibly be a possible candidate ? 🙏🏽 “Maybe if I could just touch a hen of his garment (Dave G) and I could be signed & healed of my infirmity of Bluesin’ without no Grusin .... 😓🙏🏽 (Bluesy ‘Ignant’ grammar intended 🤗🙏🏽)

[@watchmon60]

I head some of Gary Novak in Wes's playing, of course that was one of Lee's favorite dummer.

[@clydebermingham121]

‘Ex’ in laws? Hahaha 🤗.... He said it so affectionately 🤗 (‘Cause it takes not too much insight to know that once ‘in-law’ with Big D.G. is still a forever ONE OF A KIND blessing FOREVER , I’d think 🤔 & imagine 🤗🙏🏽👍🏽) Boy... I wish I could even be among an ‘ex’ in-law Of D.G. I’d wear it as a most valued medal 🎖 of honor 🤗🙏🏽👍🏽

[@bobbirayfunk762]

46:50 Random Hearts

[@numbat0072]

amazing musicians ! where was this ?

[@davegrusinnotenoughtime2729]

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[@RowanDiskinGuitar]

WHat's the track from about 7:30 onwards.

[@SophieAlloway]

It’s ‘Stone Flower’ by Jobim. Great tune!

[@clydebermingham121]

For a moment there it looked like Pop Lee looking at his so Wes with a look like , “Hey Boy , best to do me justice now “ .... lol🤗. (I must be just making that up, just imagining the way I’m interpreting his looking at his son , just for fun 😆🤗)

[@日野元四郎]

damn camera work

[@robinblakeman423]

Where was that concert !? §

[@СтаниславВайкерт]

It was in Lviv, in the west of Ukraine.

[@terryhayward7905]

Three old farts and a kid walk on stage, and magic happens.

[@horaciosagardua7578]

Estos tipos sí que tocan, eh?

[@НиколайК-р7д]

!!!

[@raffaelrameh14]

8' Brazilian music

[@kaorutanikawa995]

you

[@wilhamcobly3805]

Avendo idolatrato Dave Grusin per tutta la vita, questa performance mi imbarazza. Stavo meglio prima.

[@adelsonline]

Por que Lee Ritenour dá as costas, nunca dá a mínima para o grande Dave Gruisin? Só pode ser porque Dave é dez mil vezes melhor!

[@leerit305]

woderful audience....they don't know even the Intro of "Night Rhytms"..... At 1:30:02....No response to the Intro of Rio funk ... Oh! No.....Look at Lee's face...

[@dema866]

Fala turminha, esse batera é bem técnico, só é um pouco Nutella, mas isso não é culpa dele, é o sistema.hehe...

[@SIGERproductions_02]

I prefer Sony Emory on drum

[@dennylibertario2246]

That makes at least 2 of we dissenters who agree on your point. Sonny was a great drummer and added so much on his time keeping and interesting fills and syncopation. I don't think Lee's son has all the chops that are acquired over time. Father is giving son a big break....

[@funklover24]

@@dennylibertario2246 Well, Wes got many chops, but he overplays and then forgets to groove. Better let go and play less.

[@dennylibertario2246]

@@funklover24 I think you may on to it, the problem, the issue, my perception that he/Wesley is not that in synch with his father's music. I don't care for his percussion style.....just don't....Lee has played with so many gifted drummers....so many...and then he has to bring in family....just because of the cute name Wes in tribute to Wes Montgomery....I mean really....unless the kid has got some serious chops and groove on the skins, he needs to go home and be with mommy.....and Lee needs to get serious about who he has keeping time, doing fills, and handling percussion soloing. Wesley ain't the answer.

[@funklover24]

@@dennylibertario2246 I have spoken to Lee about this after a concert, but he didn't want to hear one word. No chance! The band was exactly this line-up, adult masters and then a young man overplaying instead a focusing on the groove more. And I exactly remember hearing Lee with great drummers as Alex Acuna, Sony Emory or Will Kennedy and I am aware of the difference. To me it disturbed the whole concert. The first song is the perfect example. The studio-version (on "Rhythm Sessions") is a wonderful shuffle-groove played by Dave Weckl, quite "simple", but amazing GROOVY, Jeff Porcaro would dig it. Wes is just overplaying, but what for? He is kind of soloing all the time ... should do his homework and find out the difference between soloing and accompaigning / serving the band.

[@dennylibertario2246]

@@funklover24 I agree with you 150% of course. You nailed it....he's just trying too hard and he's playing constant fills instead of maintaining a solid backbeat and staying in that pocket. But, as you and I know, it is Lee's gigs and act so he has final word on who his drummer is.....but my problem is that we see too much of this....nepotism, unfair advantages given to blood kin just because they are family. Unless the opportunity is an earned one or based on merit, the family member holds the band position because of family cronyism....and only folks who know music a little can discern how bad the relative is playing. Eddie Van Halen did that with bass guitar...threw out Michael Anthony and replaced him with Wolfgang Van Halen to join with Uncle Alex on drums.....I mean it is disingenuous on a guy like Lee Ritenour's part to play favorites because a lot of the audience is on to the ruse. But....oh well....regrettably, some of his audience/fans know Wesley is a big let-down from those other guys you named.

[@johnmaer]

How come the audience is sitting on their hands.....why no more than polite applause at best by a segment of the seated? No wonder these smooth jazz guys prefer playing overseas, in the Far Eastern Asian islands and those 3rd world countries. They get better acknowledgement and responsive, with-it behavior in foreign lands......this audience was pathetic....I mean if I were Lee, I would have walked off the friggin stage with his band and told them to stuff it.

[@CAGED1702]

They are pros, John...

[@wtlp69]

Compared to other Lee Ritenour live concerts, this one sucks... it all sounds like it was played in slow motion.

[@snorhyveln]

Wes Ritenour is good, only that he is to hungry. This youngster playingstyle is to busy to fit in the orchestra in my opinion. Please No offense here cause Wes is a true good drummer in many senses. I rather prefer Harvey in the band

[@jeshkam]

I agree, too many fills imo.

[@deaf_conformist]

No one like Carlos Vega! But I agree, Wes is amazing, but it's not the sound that, at least, I'm used to listen!

[@gohuskies583]

Yeah, I agree totally. He needs to learn some finesse, interpretation and expression. He can’t even create a swing feel which is a fundamental groove in Jazz. Just listen to Stolen Moments, disappointing. He has some learning to do.

[@funklover24]

@@gohuskies583 Agree. Playing less is more. 😉 Listening to drummers like Jeff Porcaro. Wes CAN groove, but the groove gets lost, when he forgets to serve the music and puts his ego forward instead.

[@Παναγιώτης-ο1ι]

Mpravo,se,olous,a,,thenks,for,a,video,❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤